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[1] Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
[2] You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
[3] And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
[4] And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
[5] So you will see and they will see
[6] Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
[7] Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
[8] Then do not obey the deniers.
[9] They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
[10] And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
[11] [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
[12] A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
[13] Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
[14] Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
[15] When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
[16] We will brand him upon the snout.
[17] Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
[18] Without making exception.
[19] So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
[20] And it became as though reaped.
[21] And they called one another at morning,
[22] [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
[23] So they set out, while lowering their voices,
[24] [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
[25] And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
[26] But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
[27] Rather, we have been deprived."
[28] The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "
[29] They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
[30] Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
[31] They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
[32] Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
[33] Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
[34] Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
[35] Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
[36] What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
[37] Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
[38] That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
[39] Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
[40] Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
[41] Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
[42] The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
[43] Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
[44] So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.
[45] And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
[46] Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
[47] Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
[48] Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
[49] If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
[50] And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
[51] And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
[52] But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.